A Duet for Home
by Karina Yan Glaser
From the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
- African American
- Multiracial / Mixed Race
Year Published 2022
Word Count 53,775
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 516930, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Music--Fiction
- Homelessness--Juvenile fiction
- Fathers--Juvenile fiction
- Enfants de chômeurs--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Music--Juvenile fiction
- Enfants sans-abri--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Children of unemployed parents--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Homeless children--Juvenile fiction
- Housing policy--Juvenile fiction
- Itinérance--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Amitié--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Homeless families--Juvenile fiction
- Sans-abri--Logement--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction
- Shelters for the homeless
- Pères--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Logement--Politique gouvernementale--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Homeless families
- Shelters for the homeless--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Depressed persons--Juvenile fiction
- Musiciens--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction
- Violists
- Violists--Juvenile fiction
- Homeless children--Fiction
- Familles sans-abri--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Friendship
- Housing policy
- Homeless persons--Fiction
- Musicians--Juvenile fiction
- Altistes--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Lists With This Book
- Stories Beyond Borders
- Read Across America, 2024-2025
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2022
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